Pewter Report debuted a new season-long weekend feature this season called Fifth Down, that will showcase some of the Bucs players each week as the season goes along to reveal what they are like off of the football field. This week’s featured player is tight end Cameron Brate. Q1. If you are sentenced to death row, and the […] Read more

Jay Hayes. Paul Spicer. Mark Duffner. John Hoke. Brett Maxie. Even Dave Borgonzi. Names Bucs fans have heard in passing, but most likely couldn’t pick more than one of them out in a police lineup. While the Bucs defensive players hear the roar of the adoring fans at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday, and rightfully so, […] Read more

It appears a pair of concussions will keep two Bucs starters off the field Sunday against the New Orleans Saints. Wide receiver Adam Humphries and right tackle Demar Dotson suffered head injuries last week in San Diego that landed them in the NFL’s concussion protocol this week. According to Tampa Bay head coach Dirk Koetter, […] Read more

It didn’t take long for Kwon Alexander to crack the Bucs starting lineup last season. Drawing coaches’ attention with his elite athleticism and raw talent, the LSU product earned the job of middle linebacker early in training camp, roughly two months after being taken in the fourth round of the 2015 draft. In a matter of […] Read more

SR’s Fab 5 is a collection of inside scoop, analysis and insight from yours truly, PewterReport.com publisher and Bucs beat writer Scott Reynolds. Here are a few things that caught my attention this week at One Buc Place and around the NFL. FAB 1. A YEAR LATER, KOETTER MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR BUCS We’re […] Read more

The Bucs’ short-lived stint of being at full strength along the offensive line may come to an end Sunday. Offensive lineman Demar Dotson landed on the injury report Wednesday because of a concussion suffered last weekend in San Diego and was a no-show again at practice on Thursday. News of the injury came as a […] Read more

Fan voting for the Pro Bowl closes on December 13, and with Jameis Winston’s next regularly scheduled visit with the media on the 14th, reporters gave he Bucs quarterback a chance on Wednesday to endorse a few teammates for a trip to Orlando in February. Fittingly, Winston started by saying the entire offensive line deserves recognition […] Read more

It wasn’t until Week 8 against Amari Cooper and the Oakland Raiders that Bucs cornerback Vernon Hargreaves got his “Welcome to the NFL” moment. Despite facing receivers like Julio Jones, Kelvin Benjamin and Demaryius Thomas in the weeks prior, it was the receiver tandem of Cooper and Michael Crabtree that forced him to take a […] Read more